Comparison of human and electronic observation for the measurement of compliance with hand hygiene

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1188-1192

  Filho, Miguel Almeida O ^a   Marra, Alexandre R ^a   Magnus, Thyago Pereira ^a   Dias Rodrigues, Rodrigo ^a   Prado, Marcelo ^b   De Souza Santini, Tales Roberto ^b   Da Silva Victor, Elivane ^a   Ishibe, Eder Issao ^b   Dos Santos, Oscar Fernando Pavão ^a   Edmond, Michael B ^c  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b ATCP Physical Engineering   (Brazil)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene monitor; Handwash; Hawthorne effect; Radiofrequency identification; Zigbee

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN OBSERVATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84927607682     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.07.031     Document Type: Article

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